Predictors of health-related quality of life in type II diabetic patients in Greece

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Table 4 SF-36 subscale scores according to health-related characteristicsof the sample (N = 229)

		PF	RP	BP	GH	VT	SF	RE	MH
Body mass index
< 25 Kg/m²		74.7	74.2	82.7	54.9	66.3	81.5	71.3	69.5
25–30 Kg/m²		67.0	58.6	72.8	48.4	54.4	73.6	59.3	58.2
> 30 Kg/m²		60.5	62.6	71.7	49.0	56.5	74.7	66.4	59.6
	*P (sig.)*	0.038*	0.250	0.217	0.425	0.123	0.450	0.312	0.103
Microvascular Complications
Yes		49.0	50.5	66.6	39.2	46.5	64.2	48.2	51.8
No		69.2	65.4	74.9	51.9	59.7	78.1	68.4	62.7
	*P (sig.)*	0.000***	0.059	0.072	0.000***	0.000***	0.002**	0.009**	0.009**
Macrovascular Complications
Yes		50.4	52.5	72.1	41.4	46.8	68.8	56.9	54.5
No		70.9	66.2	73.4	52.4	61.1	77.7	66.7	62.7
	*P (sig.)*	0.000***	0.059	0.995	0.000***	0.000***	0.021*	0.092	0.031*
Hypertension
Yes		62.7	60.6	71.8	46.1	54.4	73.1	62.7	58.6
No		70.5	66.5	76.9	58.0	63.8	80.5	66.7	64.8
	*P (sig.)*	0.047*	0.446	0.224	0.000***	0.027*	0.118	0.527	0.126
Hyperlipidaemia
Yes		58.8	57.9	66.7	45.4	50.4	70.4	58.1	52.7
No		67.1	62.0	76.5	51.0	59.7	77.4	66.4	64.4
	*P (sig.)*	0.049*	0.287	0.022*	0.037*	0.016*	0.079	0.176	0.000***
Years with diabetes
< 5		67.6	59.8	75.7	54.3	61.0	78.9	69.8	65.9
5–10		69.7	74.0	78.7	51.6	61.6	81.1	68.8	61.7
> 10		56.4	52.0	64.6	41.3	47.4	64.8	52.4	53.1
	*P (sig.)*	0.016*	0.017*	0.011*	0.000***	0.002**	0.000***	0.038**	0.008**
≥ 1 other diseases
Yes		61.6	61.6	70.4	46.6	54.5	71.9	62.0	58.8
No		73.8	66.0	79.4	55.4	62.5	83.3	70.4	63.9
	*P (sig.)*	0.004**	0.595	0.027*	0.012*	0.060	0.022*	0.208	0.188

*** P <0.001, ** P <0.01, *P <0.05 according to Mann-Whitney or Kruskal-Wallis test.
Abbreviations: PF = Physical Functioning, RP = Role Physical, BP = Bodily Pain, GH = General Health, VT = Vitality, SF = Social Functioning, RE = Role Emotional, MH = Mental Health

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